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# Create a new project
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You begin by creating an initial application using the Angular CLI. Throughout this tutorial, you’ll modify and extend that starter application to create the Tour of Heroes application.
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In this part of the tutorial, you'll do the following:
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1. Set up your environment.
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2. Create a new workspace and initial application project.
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3. Serve the application.
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4. Make changes to the application.
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<div class="alert is-helpful">
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For the sample application that this page describes, see the <live-example></live-example>.
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</div>
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## Set up your environment
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To set up your development environment, follow the instructions in [Local Environment Setup](guide/setup-local "Setting up for Local Development").
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## Create a new workspace and an initial application
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You develop applications in the context of an Angular [workspace](guide/glossary#workspace). A workspace contains the files for one or more [projects](guide/glossary#project). A project is the set of files that comprise an app, a library, or end-to-end (e2e) tests. For this tutorial, you will create a new workspace.
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To create a new workspace and an initial application project:
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1. Ensure that you are not already in an Angular workspace folder. For example, if you have previously created the Getting Started workspace, change to the parent of that folder.
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2. Run the CLI command `ng new` and provide the name `angular-tour-of-heroes`, as shown here:
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<code-example language="sh">
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ng new angular-tour-of-heroes
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</code-example>
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3. The `ng new` command prompts you for information about features to include in the initial application project. Accept the defaults by pressing the Enter or Return key.
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The Angular CLI installs the necessary Angular `npm` packages and other dependencies. This can take a few minutes.
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It also creates the following workspace and starter project files:
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* A new workspace, with a root folder named `angular-tour-of-heroes`.
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* An initial skeleton app project in the `src/app` subfolder.
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* Related configuration files.
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The initial app project contains a simple Welcome application, ready to run.
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## Serve the application
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Go to the workspace directory and launch the application.
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<code-example language="sh">
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cd angular-tour-of-heroes
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ng serve --open
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</code-example>
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<div class="alert is-helpful">
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The `ng serve` command builds the app, starts the development server,
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watches the source files, and rebuilds the application as you make changes to those files.
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The `--open` flag opens a browser to `http://localhost:4200/`.
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</div>
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You should see the application running in your browser.
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## Angular components
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The page you see is the _application shell_.
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The shell is controlled by an Angular **component** named `AppComponent`.
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_Components_ are the fundamental building blocks of Angular applications.
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They display data on the screen, listen for user input, and take action based on that input.
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## Make changes to the application
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Open the project in your favorite editor or IDE and navigate to the `src/app` folder to make some changes to the starter application.
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You'll find the implementation of the shell `AppComponent` distributed over three files:
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1. `app.component.ts`— the component class code, written in TypeScript.
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1. `app.component.html`— the component template, written in HTML.
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1. `app.component.css`— the component's private CSS styles.
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### Change the application title
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Open the component class file (`app.component.ts`) and change the value of the `title` property to 'Tour of Heroes'.
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<code-example path="toh-pt0/src/app/app.component.ts" region="set-title" header="app.component.ts (class title property)"></code-example>
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Open the component template file (`app.component.html`) and
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delete the default template generated by the Angular CLI.
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Replace it with the following line of HTML.
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<code-example path="toh-pt0/src/app/app.component.html"
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header="app.component.html (template)"></code-example>
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The double curly braces are Angular's *interpolation binding* syntax.
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This interpolation binding presents the component's `title` property value
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inside the HTML header tag.
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The browser refreshes and displays the new application title.
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{@a app-wide-styles}
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### Add application styles
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Most apps strive for a consistent look across the application.
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The CLI generated an empty `styles.css` for this purpose.
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Put your application-wide styles there.
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Open `src/styles.css` and add the code below to the file.
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<code-example path="toh-pt0/src/styles.1.css" header="src/styles.css (excerpt)">
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</code-example>
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## Final code review
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Here are the code files discussed on this page.
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<code-tabs>
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<code-pane header="src/app/app.component.ts" path="toh-pt0/src/app/app.component.ts">
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</code-pane>
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<code-pane header="src/app/app.component.html" path="toh-pt0/src/app/app.component.html">
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</code-pane>
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<code-pane
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header="src/styles.css (excerpt)"
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path="toh-pt0/src/styles.1.css">
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</code-pane>
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</code-tabs>
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## Summary
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* You created the initial application structure using the Angular CLI.
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* You learned that Angular components display data.
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* You used the double curly braces of interpolation to display the application title.
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